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Facts |
- Each person in the U.S. generates an average of 4.62 pounds
of waste a day.
- The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing country in the world,
at 1,686 pounds per person per year. This means that 5%
of the world’s people generate 40% of the world’s
waste.
- Out of every $10 spent buying things, $1 goes for packaging
that is thrown away. Packaging accounts for at least 1/3
of household trash.
- Each American uses 7 trees a year in paper, wood, and
other products made from trees.
- The average household throws away 13,000 separate pieces
of paper each year, most of it packaging and junk mail.
- 11% of our waste is food waste, 9% of it compostable.
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